Society on the Edge by Philippe Fontaine, Jefferson D. Pooley - 9781108732192

Society on the EdgeSocial Science and Public Policy in the Postwar United States\nAuthor(s): Philippe Fontaine, Jefferson D. Pooley\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108732192, 978-1108732192\nSynopsis\nThe social sciences underwent rapid development in postwar America. Problems once framed in social terms gradually became redefined as individual with regards to scope and remedy, with economics and psychology winning influence over the other social sciences. By the 1970s, both economics and psychology had spread their intellectual remits wide: psychology's concepts suffused everyday language, while economists entered a myriad of policy debates. Psychology and economics contributed to, and benefited from, a conception of society that was increasingly skeptical of social explanations and interventions. Sociology, in particular, lost intellectual and policy ground to its peers, even regarding 'soc.